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Bringing food production home

Ahh you never know, you might be lucky, they may not be in there, or not toofar into it yet...

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You are right.Positive thinking, EB. Maybe they have buggered off to a tastier piece of timber. .

SM, i would be a lot easier on you if you convert the system back to 12V, Im just saying that because the majority of DC appliances in Australia are rated for 12V - If you were in Japan then go for 24V. I think he's gone 24V because thats what the truck batteries are. Check though, because the Panels could be 24V too, depends if he's wired them in Series or Parallel.

What you need to do is get the specs of of all the equipment. You should find Specification stickers on the back of the Panels, for the Charge Controller in its Manual. Please tell me there is a Charge Controller in the system?

I need all your specs in order to give you advice.

I need

How many Panels have you got?
What is the Watt Rating of each panel?
What is the Max Charge Rate of the Charge Controller - in Amps?
What size are the Batteries? Amp-hour Capacity
Size of Inverter if you have one?
Is the system actually 12V wired in series = 24V or is it true 24V

Cheers

Hope so SM, hope so !!

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Well, didnt end up going to farm til this morning. Spent the whole day scrubbing and dusting sweeping and throwing out unwanted items. Looking much better now. Still have a few more things to get rid of. PLAN.. Towball needed in order to hire trailer and take stuff to tip.
Drove onto property and left gate open. Halfway into cleaning,"Baahaahaa, Baahaahaa"
" . Dont tell me there is sheep back on property" I say to Mauzy(best buddy and co-owner) look out window and see two lambs. Look out other window and there is the flock . to gate before sheep start making their way out. Im happy to have them there but havnt talked to sheep owner since settlement and they werent on there last week
Thanks B_D. I spotted a controller for solar panels on wall and a controller for turbine inside shack. There are two panels on roof. I am catching up with previous owner on Sat and will be able to get all that info for you. No inverter yet. Any advice I would appreciate.

You need a freezer and a band saw out there Baaaaaaa....bang....

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Got a Triton workbench with circular saw at home. Would that do?? Messy I suspect.
How about a Jigsaw??? Bow saw??

Good luck seamonkey, I assume it would go alright with the bonesaw and an axe/tomahawk but by the time you finished one carcass you'll just go to the butcher next time I'd reckon.
Definitely wouldn't use the circular saw tho things would jam it up

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Well, Im up on starting a chainsaw . Havn't used it yet but cranked it up a few times just to bug the neighbours ( who have got trailbikes and spend their day revving it up instead of riding the thing) .Now know how to operate old petrol pump to pump water into tanks to water trees and for fire fighting use.
Previous owner also gave me an old petrol generator that needs a leak fixed but is perfectly fine other than that.
Shown how to crank up a gas fridge. Must be 40 year old Electrolux!
Wind turbine is a MG4510. I typed in alicetronics and typed in wind turbine in the search and it came up with the details.
Solar panels x2 but owner bought them second hand and has no idea but 24v. Batteries are 2x 12v truck batteries in series He has only used system for lighting. Uses generator for tv and others.

Guess he figured you won;t be using the paddock so he may as well keep his sheep on there.. Charge him for agisting..

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Definitely making progress SM - sounds great !

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I have just realized that it has been nearly one whole year since I have posted. Time for an update I think. Have had property for one whole year. Purchased a 110,800 litre watertank and 12m x8m shed with buggerall inside but great intentions. No heavy equipment purchased yet but a towball and an 8x5 tandem trailer that has been so usefull. Glad I bought it and didnt hire it as I was going to originally.

Just sorting out some pics to prove that i have been working on it and by the way, the termites seem to have left the shack but are about. And i did see a huge snake which creeped me out so am hoping that the neighbour has put his sheep back in paddock to keep grass down. I spent about 3 hours on the old Victor mower that Dad gave me going around the fenced yard and just outside it as a firebreak to the weekender. Did a great job and only 2 tanks of petrol.

Here come some pics.

Some photos of works. Dont you just love the supervisor. She is a crazy pooch